Welcome to Association for Educational Communications and Technology

​​"AECT means a lot to me. It is my family and a place where I can grow professionally.
I'm glad that I am a member of it!"

Szu-Yueh (Justine) Chien, Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-Extension

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is an international organization that values diversity of thought, culture and people whose activities are directed toward improving learning. AECT members may be found in colleges and universities; in the Armed Forces and industry; in museums, libraries, and hospitals; and in any other places where educational change takes place. AECT members include instructional designers, researchers, professors and teachers, educational technologists, and other professionals united by a passion for improving teaching and learning. Our members serve in many different settings including education, business and industry, non-profits, military, health care, and other environments. AECT members fulfill a wide range of responsibilities in the study, planning, application, and production of communications media for instruction.

AECT has become a major organization for those actively involved in instructional design and the development of a systematic approach to learning. It provides an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of ideas among its members and target audiences; it is the national and international advocate for the improvement of instruction; and it is the most widely recognized source of information concerning a wide range of instructional and educational technology. AECT and its members have numerous state and international affiliates, all of which are passionate about finding better ways to help people learn. AECT is the oldest professional home for instructional designers and continues to maintain a central position in the field, promoting high standards of scholarship and practice. AECT has 10 divisions and a Graduate Student Assembly that span the breadth and depth of the field. The association produces two print bimonthly journals, Educational Technology Research and Development and TechTrends, and three electronic journals, Journal of Formative Design in Learning, The Journal of Applied Instructional Design, and  International Journal of Designs for Learning.

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Certificate Program Endorsement Policy

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AECT Standards for Professional Education Programs

AECT Legends and Legacies

Instructional Design Standards for Distance Learning

Research Initiatives

From time to time, AECT receives formal requests for the purpose of soliciting AECT members to participate in surveys and other studies.

Please review guidelines to make formal requests for a research initiative.

AECT Policy Briefs

Division Report Form

AECT Design and Development Competition

The Design and Development Division of AECT is pleased to announce the 2018 AECT Design and Development Competition for promising instructional design research by graduate students working with mentors in the Design and Development Division.
Learn more... AECT student members can go to access information and resources to help them on their job searches.

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Routledge/AECT Partnership

Educational Partners

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